Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-05-21

sort ofoff the bridge and bis body lying D
exactly straight back. 7ro
I'll @ With his head gr. feet in the directiJ
ofthe bridge or was he lying across? A
was more across Not exactly straiq
e across. HIS head was more towards b
! West; thatis my recollection; am not DO
o luVe as TO his position. Q Who did yO
s see besides Col. Hamilton, ut or about Il
s bridge or on the way to the bridge? A We
sir at the bridge In very short space /
time there was great many people congf,
: gated. Q Who was the firstperson you sav
J besides Gambrellg A just before got
the bridge, by Heaphey's store / saw Mi
!. Figures. @ The gentleman here2 "A NJ
J William Figures. @ Where was Mr.. Fis
uresf A He was standing right at Heaphyi
store. @ What was he dOingl A He toll
me he was keeping ont Of the way of bul
let's. @ What was he doings A Whom
saw him he was just standing there.
Where with reference to Heaphy's stor
was he? A The store is about cighteel
feet front and 1t is double door in tn
center and think he was standing abou
tne eastern corner. Did you see anv onI
else besides Col, Hamilton and Mr.. Figurel
before the crowd assembled? A Ihaye M
recollection. @ Did you see Mr. AIbreeh
ut or about the bridge. A saw Mr. AIbrecht
but cannot begin to say in what particular
place / saw him.. have recOllections b
seeing him but could lot say where. q
10 you remember where he came from! a
NO sir. @ How many houses i1te 'Yene be.
tween your residence and the bridge on the
same side of the street? A Well there IL
the residence which Mr. Heaphy has rented
out @ Who to? A do not know sir,
could not say.
Captain Bedwell.-Between $50 and ia
O'Clock, 1t was a clear moonshiny night, /
stopped at the northeast corner Of the
bridge at or near the junction Of the an.
proach and the bridge. l turned my face
70 tns north TO - but before did so,
looked to see If any ladies were IN sight.
and about the center of the west end of the
bridge saw what I first thought to be a
woman, but afterwards found TO be q man
with something like duster on. He came
out OF the street around to about the cor.
ner ofthe north-west corner of the bridge.
ana took stand there. also saw two men
climbing up under thesouth.west approach
OF the bridge onto the road (which is south
OF the place where Gambrell was found.l I
then walked east up the north side of the
road about hundred and fifty yards, when
heard shetland then cry of pain and
surprise, and then very rapid firing. There
seemed 70 be different sized pistols shooting,
with self-cOcktng pistols to have fired SO
rapidly as that firing was done. I do not
think TWO pistols, one being a self.cocker
and the other a single action could possibly
have done that firing so rapidly.
saw no carriage coming from the BRIDGE.
don't think was as far I'D as the most.
once, ana the moon was shining full, and
think u carriage had come of the bridge
Just after the shooting, i would have seen
lt---i am satisfied would. The men saw
coming up under the approach climbed I'M
closer to the bridge than they could get M
now, with the new earth which has since
been nIled In. When / went on IN the
street. left the three men standing there At
the bridge. The two men stopped after
they craWIed up.
Cross ExaminatiOn.-Q When you had
neard the shots was not your attention dl-
rected particularly to them? No sir. What
did you think the firing was? II occurred
to m that II might be the military company,
Mr.. =. M. WilliamsOn's written state.
ment was read, in substance as flows.
w as In Jackson on night of tragedy. shortly
after O'Clock was in front of the Lawrence
House talking to Mr.. Brame when Col. Ham.
Ltton came up and spoke to him, Just then
some one touched Col. Hamilton on the
'houlder and said he wanted to see him,
stepped on short distance and cOnyersed |
lid not know what they were talking abont |
)ut could have heard If he had listened. |
paid no attention to it. Hamilton's back was |
q front OF Lawrence House. after conver. /
alton, say ten minutes, Col. Hamilton drove /
II with Some one else, believes his horse
tafted on In tr0t toward town. just then
dr: Percy Roberts, of New Orleans, came
no entered into conversation, while talk
ng. report OF pistol attracted his attention,
aW the flash and heard two shots, one i'm
aedlately following the other, then q pause
I second or two, then several shots in
ulck succession, fully as fast as one could
re with self-cOcking pistol, then pallse.
nen single shot which was the last. The
eports from the distance sounded like fire.
rackers, but flashes could be seen very
! iiSssinctly. 81 Al that distance it would be
lmcult to say what direction thew vere |
red from, but thought there were two ner.
Ons DONG the firing. The flashes were
'om dlnerent localities, probably ten feet [
'om eacn other. His impression was firing
re rom Sidewalk on north side of and
,om In the street, could not saw in what
lrecton the firing was, he thinks il was
QouC nve mlnutts after hack left before !
~ snot was nred. Thinks horse could 90
4 SaptIOL .ai,t IN nve minutes, trotting. Says
-hLnllLon,s mack was In front of Lawrence
Youse from time witness arrived Til Col. {
!. got In and drove on. s i. - - 80
MELINDA JOHNSON: Live in first j
ouse east of McDonnel's Foupdry:the
My one between bridge and Govt.
uildlng; was on her gallery night of |
1Ootlng; has pretty good view ofbridge
Nv no carriage crossing bridge, heard
ring; rose at first shot; after second. |
)me one followed murder three times
len shots came very rapidly. like q i
unch OF fire crackers; saw flash of but {
70 shots; did not see any one; thinks /
on braces of bridge obstructed her
lew from where Gambrell was |
illed; is positive no vehicle or j
Orse passed over bridge for ten min {
tes before or after shooting. three per |
ms on gallery with her; her son was At
oOd pile; at second shot heard some
ne cry, oh Lord, murder! murderl &
lurder4 has no idea how many per.
ms were shooting, saw man come off 6
ridge to middle of street soon afer the [
looting and walk to south sidewalk
efore crowd gathered; could disting- !
sh mans form but could not tell ]
neither white or black. Is positive I
} horse or vehicle passed over bridge q
or near time of shooting. Z
e. O. Ryan, called Resides in West Q
was at his store on the night /
the 5th of May; he knew Gambrell: (
w him that day lust after / O'Clock: c